Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1650
CBTM:
21729
Map Date:
1650
Repository reference:
NLS [county folder]
Historic county:
Edinburghshire [Midlothian]
Town name:
Edinburgh
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NT257736
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NT 2770
Map title:
'Viro amplissimo d.Archibaldo Todo, Praefecto Urbis Dignissimo; nec non Edwardo Edgaro, Archibaldo Sydserfio, Ioanni Fermaeo, Ioanni Iossaeo, scabinis lectissimis, caeterisque senatoribus vigilantissimis, fidelissimus, consultissimis; hanc hovam Civitatis Regiae, antiquissime et nobilissime Edinodunensis tablus Iacobus Gordonius p. Rothemyus dignitatiis vestre cliens observattssimus D.D.D.C.Q.'
Comments on map:
'Scale of walking paces' gives 1 inch to 100 paces; comparative measurement suggests about 1:2667. Title in Latin; reference in Latin and English. Birds-eye-style.
Scale:
1:2664*
Map-maker:
James Gordon of Rothiemurchus [author].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
100.5 x 39.3
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
other: Note as to selectivity of naming 'wyns and closses' according to 'the number of insuellers and fairnes of houses'.
Road names:
partly
Building names:
royal palaces
Buildings:
'ordinary' buildings pictorial, public buildings emphasised
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
central government, misc: Tolbuiths.
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls, (pictorial)
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
misc: Tennis Court.
Woodland:
orchards
Known copies of map:
CW4: Edinburgh Library YDA 1828.647, NLS EMS.s.52, EMS.s.52A [1647]; NLS [website]; Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.647 [G.43253], RSGS '306' [?1647]; Edinburgh Library [copy on aperture cards]; Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.647 [92699, G.8836, G.26081], NLS RB.121, NASc RHP 9473 [1817: Kirkwood, in The kings of Scotland]; CUL Maps.b.18.G.17, Edinburgh Library YDA 1828.647 [42952, B.46430, C.9424]; NLS EMS.b.2.78, Signet.s.77, EMS.b.3.1(1) [1865: W. & A.K. Johnston]; Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.647 [G.23114] [1880: W. & A.K. Johnston]; BLML Maps Ref D.6(Europe) (17) [2000: in H.N. Barrot, An atlas of old Edinburgh, Edinburgh: West Port Books, 2000].
Gardens:
shown
Waterbodies:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative: Round title.
Relief:
(pictorial), cliffs
Crosses:
multiple crosses, (pictorial)
Arms and heraldry:
royal arms, municipal
Tenement boundaries group:
incomplete
Ordnance Survey's
1851-3
1:1056
1:10,560
1876-7
1:1056
1:10,560
1893-4
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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